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How to Change Your Display Name in Google Meet
The display name in Google Meet, is linked to the Google account
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Published onOctober 18, 2023
published onOctober 18, 2023
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Key notes
To change your display name in Google Meet, you must change your name in your Google account or use a combination with your nickname.
Can I change my name in Google Meet without changing the Google account name? No, you can’t.
Some of our readers also asked how to change their name in Google Meet while in a meeting, but it’s impossible. If you change your Google name, you will have to exit the meeting and rejoin.
How do I change my preferred name in Google Meet and Gmail?
1. How to change your name in Google Meet on PC
Now, your display name will be changed automatically in all Google apps that feature your display name, including Google Meet. However, we remind you that if you are currently in a Google Meet session, you need to exit and join the meeting again to see the change.
To complete the change, you might also want to change your profile picture. You can do that from the Google Account main page and click on the Personal info tab.
2. Change your display name in Google Meet using your mobile device
2.1 On an Android device
2.2 On iOS
The procedure is similar on iOS but you need to open the Gmail app on your iPhone, tap the menu button, and select Settings. Then, it’s the same method: go to Manage your Google account > Personal info > Name and change it.
As you can see, the procedure on your mobile phone is even easier than on a browser.
How to change your name on Google Meet as a student?
To change a name on Google Meet, you will have to contact the admin of your school or work account.
Only they can update your display name for Google Meet, Gmail, and other Google apps.
Utilizing other features that come with Google Meet
Here we conclude our guide on how to change the display name in Google Meet and change how your name appears in video meetings.
You might as well be interested in our guide on how tohide the Google Meet buttons from Gmail.
For any other questions or problems you might encounter, go to the comments section below and leave us a note.
More about the topics:Google,video software
Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
